News.com.aureports that Slager, Judy’s fomer fiancé, claimed he had accidentally set her on fire while lighting a cigarette in Gahanna, Ohio. He was originally sentenced to 11 years in prison for aggravated arson, possession of criminal tools and assault, and will now face murder charges.

Judy—a former beauty queen—told NBC4i in December: “I never knew that a human being could be so evil. He just stood there and did nothing. The look in his eyes was pure evil.”